guitarra

/[giˈt̪ara]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,252

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

guitarra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento músico de cuerda, que se compone de una caja de madera, a modo de óvalo estrechado por el medio, con un agujero circular en el centro de la tapa y un mástil con trastes. Seis clavijas c... Pronounced [giˈt̪ara]. It ranks #4,252 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gustará and gustaría.

Key facts for guitarra
PropertyValue
Headwordguitarra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[giˈt̪ara]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,252
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of guitarra in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guitarra is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [giˈt̪ara]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,252 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for guitarra, with forms such as "gguitarra", "giutarra", and "guiatrra". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gustará", "gustaría", "guitarras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is guitarra, spelled G-U-I-T-A-R-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento músico de cuerda, que se compone de una caja de madera, a modo de óvalo estrechado por el medio, con un agujero circular en el centro de la tapa y un mástil con trastes. Seis clavijas colocadas en el extremo de este mástil sirven para templar otras tantas cuerdas aseguradas en un puente fijo en la parte inferior de la tapa, que se pulsan con los dedos de la mano derecha mientras las pisan los de la izquierda donde conviene al tono.
  2. 2
    Variante poco usada de guitarrista.
  3. 3
    Variante poco usada de guitarreada.
  4. 4
    Variante poco usada de guitarrero.
  5. 5
    Aparejo formado por dos motones de briol, que sirve para desmultiplicar el esfuerzo que se realiza con el cabo.
  6. 6
    (Callionymus lyra) Dragoncillo.
  7. 7
    (Rhinobatidae) Raya.
  8. 8
    (Squatina squatina) Angelote.
  9. 9
    Instrumento para quebrantar y moler el yeso hasta reducirlo a polvo: se compone de una tabla gruesa, de unos cuatro decímetros en cuadro, y un mango ajustado en el centro casi perpendicularmente.
  10. 10
    (Dalbergia hecastophyllum) Péndola.
  11. 11
    Traje de fiesta.
  12. 12
    Bebé de pecho.
  13. 13
    Persona muy raquítica o tendinosa.
  14. 14
    Dinero.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gguitarra,giutarra,guiatrra,guitara,guitarar,guitrara,guittarra,gutiarra,ugitarra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for guitarra

Misspelling Variants of "guitarra"

gguitarra9giutarra8guiatrra8guitara7guitarar8guitrara8guittarra9gutiarra8
Misspelling Variants of "guitarra"

Frequency rank: #4,252 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guitarra"?
"guitarra" is spelled G-U-I-T-A-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [giˈt̪ara].
What does "guitarra" mean?
As a noun, "guitarra" means: Instrumento músico de cuerda, que se compone de una caja de madera, a modo de óvalo estrechado por el medio, con un agujero circular en el centro de la tapa y un mástil con trastes. Seis clavijas c...
What words are commonly confused with "guitarra"?
"guitarra" is commonly confused with "gustará", "gustaría", "guitarras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "guitarra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guitarra" is [giˈt̪ara]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guitarra" come from?
"guitarra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.